Founded in 2002, the Society encourages the creation of watercolor at all skill levels and promotes interest, appreciation and enjoyment of watercolor and watermedia. Please feel free to attend one of our meetings. Monthly meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month, at 10 a.m. at the Cincinnati Art Club, 1021 Parkside Place, Cincinnati, Ohio, unless otherwise noted.

Friday, November 15, 2013

MINUTES - NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Meeting Minutes November
6:

Deb started the meeting
with a quick meet and greet with the members sitting around us. Her quote for
this meeting was “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home”.

She asked if anyone had
tried the technique Barb Sailor demonstrated at the last meeting. Deb also wanted to know if any members who
had gone to the Fran Mangino workshop brought in their work for a show and tell
today.

She announced that after
the meeting today there would be a leadership meeting of the new and old
officers.

Evergreen Show:

Sally Wester,the show chairman, gave a brief report on the
show. She thought the show went very well with the exception that one of Joan
Miley’s paintings is missing. They plan on contacting Evergreen to see if they
have found it. Shirley mentioned that a lot of members picked up their work
before anyone was there to check them out. They decided that the pickup process
needs to be improved. Sally did say that the club broke even between the two
shows this year. Carol Steuer sold one of her paintings at this show.

Workshop:

There were 17 out of 20
members who attended the Fran Mangino Workshop. The club came close to breaking
even on the workshop.

Rhonda is organizing a
Carol Carter workshop April 4 -6. It will be limited to 20 people. This
workshop will cost a total of $200 with a deposit of a $100 on Jan 8.

Blog:

Deb again stressed the
importance of the blog for members andfor people outside ofthe club.

Two of our new members,
Claudia Taylor and Joan Gross, found out about us through the blog.

December Meeting:

The December will be a
lunch, art sale, and an open painting.The art sale will include members selling their extra supplies, books,
frames, and etc. There will also be some of Mary Marxen supplies for sale. Deb
will be passing around a sheet to sign up to bring food for the luncheon and
for attendance at the December meeting. Coffee, water and soft drinks will be
supplied by the club.

Guest:

We have two guests today
- Donna Edrington a friend of Judith Reed and Audrey Rood. Audrey is a member
of the Cleveland and Florida Watercolor Societies.

Treasury Report:

Sally gave us a quick
update on the club’s income and expenses for the month. Marilyn Bishop
suggested that the scholarship fund not be included in the total club balance
since it is a special fund.

Announcements:

Deb won third place in
the Georgia Watercolor Society Signature Show. She also has a painting in the
Indiana Watercolor Society show in Indianapolis.

Deb announced new
officers:

Marilyn Bishop -
president

Sally Wester - treasurer

Joyce Grothaus -
secretary

Deb Ward and Jane Hittinger
- membership

Sally Wester - show
chairman

Jean Vance - workshop
director

Deb Ward - Blog

Deb said that no one
wanted to take the job of Program Chairman.
Since the programs are a very important part of the club and our
meetings she hopes with the help of the new leadership team we can find a
solution to this problem. She hopes that
someone will volunteer to do the job of scheduling the programs.

Program:

The program today was by
Tammy Muente, a curator from the TaftMuseum,
on Winslow Homer’s Adirondack Watercolors.

Homer Winslow did over
685 watercolors and 300 oils. He began his career in 1865 as an illustrator for
the War and Soldiers Life for Harpers Weekly.
His first watercolor was painted in 1873 and it helped make watercolors a serious art medium.

Through a power point
presentation, Tammy showed us many of his works before the Adirondack
period . Most of his paintings depicted people’s daily lives along with
morality of life and death. He lived in several places that inspired many of
the themes of his work. One example of this is the many pictures he painted in England
of fisherman’s wives. He portrayed the physical and emotional strength of these
women in very somber works.

His painting series were
started with simple illustration, a lot of times working on location. Homer
used his travel guides as models in his
works when doing the Adirondack
series. The Adirondack Series consisted
of over a hundred paintings and was done late in his life. Homer died in 1910
and was considered one of the great American watercolorists.

Tammy gave a wonderful
power point program on Homer Winslow that we all enjoyed.

Diana Marra will have a Solo Exhibit at Evendale Cultural Arts Center, Opening Friday March 2 from 6-8. The Exhibit is called "A Taste of Asia" and will of course have Sake and Sushi in addition to the usual wine-and-cheese Opening fare. Exhibit is also open 12-4 on Sat. and Sunday March 3 & 4. Diana will offer a mini-workshop - "A Taste" - on Wed. March 14, 6:30-8, cost $20 / all materials provided in 3 versions of oriental-style painting. For more information contact Diana.

Diana Marra will also have an opening at Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. 4th Street, Cincinnati "Flowers Everywhere" Thursday March 1 from 5:30-8 p.m. and will have a painting in the Cincinnati Art Club Associates Show at Parkside Place where we meet for GCWS, Friday March 2 6-9.